Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751434AbaDYCMj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:12:39 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:33988 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750844AbaDYCMh (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:12:37 -0400 Message-ID: <1398391948.7767.182.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.11 052/182] [SCSI] fix our current target reap infrastructure From: Ben Hutchings To: Luis Henriques Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com, James Bottomley Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:12:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1398329507-5911-53-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> References: <1398329507-5911-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> <1398329507-5911-53-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lABK9Lk0+hkX6P89T6hD" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.5-2+b3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.249 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-lABK9Lk0+hkX6P89T6hD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 09:49 +0100, Luis Henriques wrote: > 3.11.10.9 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let= me know. >=20 > ------------------ >=20 > From: James Bottomley >=20 > commit e63ed0d7a98014fdfc2cfeb3f6dada313dcabb59 upstream. >=20 > This patch eliminates the reap_ref and replaces it with a proper kref. > On last put of this kref, the target is removed from visibility in > sysfs. The final call to scsi_target_reap() for the device is done from > __scsi_remove_device() and only if the device was made visible. This > ensures that the target disappears as soon as the last device is gone > rather than waiting until final release of the device (which is often > too long). >=20 > Reviewed-by: Alan Stern > Tested-by: Sarah Sharp > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley > Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques [...] This and the next patch were commented "delay backport by 2 months for field testing". Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein --=-lABK9Lk0+hkX6P89T6hD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIVAwUAU1nEjOe/yOyVhhEJAQqGhBAApN1j79bhNgLZb+jIXezthszAp2MkQRsz PYF5Vi/rDm4c+K/Khto3nox08WJban6mp4Fwy24KVX469ID6krXU41176Pms+E2H nvN1Y6ys0Vi1oEZ80H9XNvxaTeCaFueOUSy3esEvdmakqTCx7IfryHaF0vKmOURg zbMMgasS7qZphfrSB0mHZA6MdXkEjGtf5oF/Ze0YLNiXr5gosN8oHkHHxccfZeom w005PzCevoLavmNItELztdv51oJI6H8d6BP4hjB9SfcXNqB4FtAoh4Gg3/Udr+Xj M6CIJGYF/Nxhycn2ZJ3ia0osrBjCs+RYtGLvV8xBzz5QUp3ihbUPdbqA9xJAbwT2 2OG3yuzyTURjlrWo3gcQXOf1ah8Nr/SkSu9YBfMtkp4hnJ/Y5ixq5cXqnP5WHXwm bgLWMOAVo5j+I/vFErJt/uBl33PckaDjixkT4OvooCvMU47B00njUN6cmch88wKx kyeV/F5qwYbBiWsGyOgDIU+3RwUnuF4G8h9GxgUzf6Q92OjlEoy2YUAf67wcTkWy Qjtol+IiIFHCR/vx4e9LTSphooyXfxfHUVVVBNyfix6S4qyOmBNWjOm3LKMFUSIS it0XeEpOsG4v4xx5p0529DFlCQuFj5dl63j2cr5TFllVNWMlwH+PjwwCn9VrW98l q+FlRTRcDUQ= =9cUu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lABK9Lk0+hkX6P89T6hD-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/